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Kent County, two Delegates; Montgomery County, three Dele-
gates; Prince George's County, three Delegates; Queen Anne's
County, two Delegates; St. Mary's County, two Delegates; Som-
erset County, three Delegates; Talbot County, two Delegates ;
Washington County, five Delegates, and Worcester County,
three Delegates,t

Sec. 4. As soon as may be after the taking and publishing of
the next National Census, or after the enumeration of the
population of this State, under the authority thereof, there
shall be an appointment of representation in the House of"
Delegates, to be made on the following basis, to wit: Each of
the several Counties of the State having a population of
eighteen thousand souls, or less, shall be entitled to two
Delegates, and every County having a population of over
eighteen thousand, and less than twenty-eight thousand souls,
shall be entitled to three Delegates; and every County having
a population of twenty-eight thousand, and less than forty
thousand souls, shall be entitled to four Delegates; and every
County having a population of forty thousand, and less than
fifty-five thousand souls, shall be entitled to five Delegates; and
every County having a population of fifty-five thousand souls,
and upwards, shall be entitled to six Delegates, and no more;
and each of the three Legislative Districts of the City of Balti-
more shall be entitled to the number of Delegates to which the
largest County shall or may be entitled, under the aforegoing
apportionment. And the General Assembly shall have power
to provide by law, from time to time, for altering and changing
the boundaries of the three existing Legislative Districts of the
City of Baltimore, so as to make them, as near as may be, of
equal population; but said Districts shall always consist of con-
tiguous territory.

[Sec. 4. As soon as may be, after the taking and publishing
of the National Census of 1900, or after the enumeration of the
population of this State, under the authority thereof, there shall
be an apportionment of representation in the House of Delegates,

t Under the State Census authorized by the Act of 1901 (Special Session), and by the
amendment to See 2, the allotment of representation of the several counties in the
House oi Delegates, la as follows Allegany County, five, Anne Arundel County, four,
Baltimore County, six, Calvert County, two, Caroline County, two, Carroll County-
four, Cecil Connty. three, Charles County, two, Dorchester County, lour, Frederick
County, five. Garrett County, two, Harford County, four, Howard County, two, Kent
County, two. Montgomery County, four, Prince George's County, four, Queen Anne's
County, three, Somerset County, three, St. Mary's County, two, Talbot County, three.
Washington County, five, Wicomico County, three, Worcester County, three, and Balti-
more City, twenty-four delegates. Total, 101